American Character 1960s Vintage Dolls Identified USA

1960 American Character Whimsies dolls, character dolls 22" tall, one piece vinyl body, rooted hair, very large eyes, dolls marked: Whimsies 1960 American Doll & Toy. Whimsies doll names are  Bashful Bride, Dixie the Pixie, Fanny (Angel), Hedda Get Bedda (multi-face doll, with three faces), Hilda the Hillbilly, Lena the Cleaner, Miss Take, Monk, Polly the Lady Raggie, Simon, Strong Man, Suzie the Snoozie, Tillie the Talker, Wheeler Dealer,  Zack the Sack, Zero the Hero (football player).

1961 American Character Butterball doll 19 or 23" tall,  soft vinyl Magi-form body, vinyl head and limbs, rooted blonde hair, blue sleep eyes, has a slight protruding lower lip, came in several different outfits, there was also a 14" girl doll named "Butterball" in 1965, doll marked  American Doll & Toy Co. 1961.

1961 American Character Chuckles doll 23" tall, all vinyl, toddler body, rooted hair, closed smiling mouth, doll shown is mint with her hang tag.  This doll while still bearing the Chuckles name does not resemble the earlier baby type dolls with their open mouths, so I guess this was meant to show a slightly older (toddler) Chuckles, doll marked on head Amer. Doll & Toy Co. 1961 © with in a circle.  This doll was sold only one year and is hard to find HTF.

1961 American Character Toodle-Loo doll,17-18" tall, magic foam vinyl body, fully jointed, with rooted hair, doll mark 1961 American Doll & Toy Corp. on back of head.

1962-1964 American Character Little Miss Echo doll 30" tall, hard plastic jointed body and vinyl head with rooted hair, blue sleep eyes, talker doll with battery operated tape recorder.  She is shown mint in her box with wrist tag and original clothes; white chiffon party dress with velvet bodice and lace trimmed short sleeves and neckline, white socks and black mary jane shoes.  She also came wearing a pink and white dress, doll marked on neck 20 on the battery lid is Pat. Pend. and if you open the lid inside is marked 1 A 1 93 0405.

1963 American Character Babie Babbles doll 23" tall, similar to the Babie Says doll only larger, vinyl head short rooted hair, watermelon mouth, vinyl bent limbs, printed zippered fabric over body with a voice box that says phrases, doll marked on head  Amer. Doll & Toy Corp.

1963 American Character Babie Says doll 17" tall, similar head mold of Sally Says and Babie Babbles, vinyl head with short rooted hair, sleep eyes, watermelon closed mouth, cloth body with battery operated voicebox says eleven different phrases, came in three different outfits; checked dress, organdy party dress or a polka dot dress.

1963 American Character Popi doll 11 1/2" tall, the pop apart fashion model doll that came with three separate vinyl wigs and a cut and drape non sew dress, doll pops apart in three separate pieces, has molded red or orangish vinyl hair, white painted on swimsuit, white high heel open toe shoes, additional doll fashion kits (non sew) to make clothes for Popi were available separately.

1966 American Character Snip n' Tuck doll, is a mannequin Popi doll in a frame, with fabric and accessories for children to design and make their own non sew clothing.

1963 American Character Pre-Teen grow hair doll 14" tall, all vinyl with jointed body, vinyl head with rooted hair, a button on dolls tummy allows the dolls hair to grow or retract, was only made in 1963, then was discontinued for the high heeled fashion doll Tressy.

1963 American Character Sally Says doll 19" tall, 1st version, plastic and vinyl toddler doll who is a battery operated push button talker which says eleven different "Simon Says" phrases, short rooted curly hair with bangs, sleep eyes, watermelon mouth, splayed fingers on hands, came wearing a white or yellow cotton high waisted dress with short sleeves, apron or red plaid jumper with white short sleeve shirt, white socks and black shoes, doll marked Amer. Char Doll 19©63 on head.

1964-1965 Sally Says doll 18-19" tall,  2nd version, has a closed straight mouth and more generic face, shoulder length rooted blonde hair, sleep eyes, rest of the doll same as the first, came wearing a red, yellow or white cotton A-line dress with lace trimmed collar, white attached sleeves and white lace panel insert on front of dress or a blue or yellow dress with bow and heart embroidered yoke, doll marked Amer. Char Doll 19©63 on head.

1963-1967 American  Character Tressy doll 11 1/2" tall, high heeled teen fashion doll, plastic jointed body, vinyl head with rooted hair, painted facial features.

1965-67 American  Character Cricket or Toots doll, Tressy's sister is 9-9 1/2" tall, doll marked Amer. Char. Inc. 19©64. 

1964 American Character Magic Makeup Tressy,  Black Magic Makeup Tressy and Mary Makeup dolls, Mary is Tressy's friend and does not have grow hair, all are 11 1/2" tall.

See the Tressy Doll & Family 1963-1967 for more details on all these dolls.

1966 American Character Cartwright Family dolls 8" tall, Ben, Hoss, Little Joe.  The Adam doll was used as the model for the outlaw figure (as his character had by now left the show) from the TV show Bonanza, solid vinyl, jointed body, molded clothes, dolls marked C American Character.

1966 American Character Pouting Penny doll 13, 20, or 22" tall, toddler type doll, soft vinyl head with hair rooted into a skullcap, two faced; face changed to a happy or sad face, brown painted eyes, three painted upper corner eyelashes, jointed vinyl body at neck, shoulders and hips, non-head turning walker, doll marked: Amer. Char. Inc. 19©66.  

Part of American Character's Blue Ribbon doll line.

1966 American Character Tiny Whimsies dolls 7 1/2" tall; Lites Out with nightgown, I'm Yours a Bride, Fly with Me a witch, Swing It a dancer, Love Me in red pantsuit and I'm Hooked a groom doll to go with the bride.

Also Tiny Whimsies dolls, 6" tall, Pixie, Swinger, Granny, Lites out, Minnie Mod, Jump'n, Go-Go.